Can months from prior residency count when switching

[Sunflower66]

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I'm planning to switch residencies and wanted to know if inpatient medicine/ ICU/elective months from a transitional year can count when switching into a catergorical IM program? Are there certain ACGME rules regarding this?

 

[gutonc]

This has been discussed numerous times here before. The bottom line is that the answer is yes, but that it's up to the individual PD's discretion. And if you do get credit, it's likely that you'll just have fewer inpatient months as a 3rd year, not that you'll get to graduate early.

 

[Raryn]

I'm planning to switch residencies and wanted to know if inpatient medicine/ ICU/elective months from a transitional year can count when switching into a catergorical IM program? Are there certain ACGME rules regarding this?

Per the ACGME, a categorical program could give you up to 6 months of credit if your new PD thought that your prior experiences are substantially similar enough to what an IM resident would get in the same situation AND gets that certified by the appropriate accreditation authorities. That said, it's completely up to the new PDs discretion.